our community
get involved & connect with your neighbors
Get to know NFK
Build your community & support your local creators, writers, and girl gang.
Teens With a Purpose (TWP) - Our mission is to create a platform that empowers young people to use their voice, creativity, reflection and action to affect personal growth, transform lives and impact communities. TWP intersects youth development practices; civic engagement, peer leadership and high quality artistic presentation creating safe inclusive spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present and apply their voices as creators of positive social change. TWP is committed to developing young leaders who positively impact their neighbors, classmates, schools, governments, congregations and one another.
Hampton Roads Pride - Hampton Roads Pride connects LGBT youth, teens, adults, and families with their greatest resource: community – promoting a sense of belonging and enhancing physical, mental, and social well-being.
Muse - Hampton Roads’ nonprofit literary center. We offer creative writing classes and seminars for writers--whether they be adults, children, or teens; house a resource center in Norfolk for area writers; and host readings and special events.
NFKVA.com - The mission of NFKVA.com is to shed light on the stories in our community that are going uncovered, to support local organizations making our community a better place, and to leave our city better than we found it. Find events & info on craft fairs, farmer’s markets and more.
Slow Dive - A curated art space & social hub for creative community thru visual and performing arts, music, food, and drinks.
Social Cycling Norfolk - Social Cycling Norfolk is all about getting butts on bikes in The City of Norfolk. We believe that using bicycles for urban transportation will build a healthier and more vibrant community. No matter if you're 8 or 80 we would love to have you ride with us.
"If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
-Shirley Chisholm
Use Your Voice
Vote. Volunteer. Run for office.
Norfolk Office of Elections - We are committed to being an information resource for the citizens of Norfolk regarding elected officials, voter registration, and election services.
Run For Something - Since launching in January 2017, we have recruited 70,000+ young people across all 50 states who want to run for local office. We provide a safety net for new and exciting progressive candidates — at all stages of their journey — to help them run efficient, grassroots & voter-contact driven campaigns and not feel alone in the process.
Local Resources
Volunteer. Donate. Pass along a resource & support your local do-gooders.
Housing + Domestic and Sexual Violence Support
HER Shelter - Here at HER, we do our utmost to prepare safe and welcoming spaces for women and children fleeing situations of domestic or sexual violence, homelessness, or human trafficking.
Samaritan House - Samaritan House offers housing, case management, counseling, victim advocacy, transportation, medical assistance, food assistance, group therapy, job training and more to individuals and families experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking or homelessness.
Health
Hampton Roads Repro Justice League - Providing financial and practical support to people seeking abortions in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia.
Planned Parenthood of Virginia - Planned Parenthood provides high-quality sexual and reproductive health care….offering a wide variety of health care services for women, men, and teens.
The UP Center - The Up Center provides more than 20 critical support services for children and families in our community, including mental health counseling, parenting education and support, youth mentoring, foster care and adoption, housing and financial counseling, and services for people with disabilities.
Hampton Roads Harm Reduction - Hampton Roads area mutual aid group focused on harm reduction through free Narcan/Naloxone + Stop the Bleed training.
Food
757 Community Fridge - Community Fridges in the 757. Take what you need, give what you can! Fridge is live @ 2410 Colonial Ave, Norfolk 23517
Foodbank of Southeastern VA - The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore’s primary mission is leading the effort to eliminate hunger in our community.
KUSP - Keeping Us Secure & Prosperous provides holistic initiatives, programs & services focused around increasing access to emergency food and preparedness in disadvantaged communities.
Youth
REACH, Inc - Every day, REACH, Inc. supports children throughout Coastal Virginia with literacy enrichment programs and strong community partnerships. Our goal is to continue meeting the regional priorities of improving access to literacy and education for children ages 0-17, especially those living at or below the Federal poverty level.
The UP Center - The Up Center provides more than 20 critical support services for children and families in our community, including mental health counseling, parenting education and support, youth mentoring, foster care and adoption, housing and financial counseling, and services for people with disabilities.
Seton Youth Shelter - Seton Youth Shelters shall provide a safe haven, counseling and outreach services, 24 hours per day without charge, to assist youth in crisis throughout Hampton Roads, with the goal of reuniting families.
Girls on the Run Hampton Roads - We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
LGBTQIA+
LGBT Life Center - LGBT Life Center empowers the LGBTQ communities and all people affected by HIV through improving health and wellness, strengthening families and communities, and providing transformative education and advocacy.
TAP VA - The Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia - TAP VA is an all volunteer, trans led non-profit organization created to end homelessness within the transgender community in Virginia.
Civil Rights and Activism
Humanities Behind Bars - A grassroots abolitionist collective of teachers, students, activists, and artists committed to creating networks of care in the larger movement to end systems of punishment.
Equality Virginia - Equality Virginia (EV) understands that LGBTQ Virginians, from youth to seniors, continue to experience violence, discrimination, and disparities, particularly transgender people and people of color.
ACLU of Virginia - A private, non-profit organization that promotes civil liberties and civil rights for everyone in the Commonwealth through public education, litigation and advocacy with the goal of securing freedom and equality for all.
Urban League of Hampton Roads - The mission of the Urban League of Hampton Roads, Inc. (ULHR) is to enable African Americans and others to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power and civil rights.
Moms Demand Action Virginia - Moms Demand Action is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence.
Tidewater Solidarity Bail Fund - Tidewater Solidarity Bail Fund is an abolitionist community bail fund committed to pretrial liberty and material support for those who can't afford cash bail.
Tidewater Workers Assembly - Workers across Tidewater, VA are coming together to fight for higher wages, health and safety, and rights and power on the job.
Clothing Access
Our Angels Closet - Norfolk-based community closet.
National Resources
Autistic Self Advocacy Network -The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights, and opportunities.
Critical Resistance - Critical Resistance seeks to build an international movement to end the prison industrial complex (PIC) by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe.
Fireweed Collective - Fireweed Collective offers mental health education and mutual aid through a Healing Justice and Disability Justice lens. We support the emotional wellness of all people and center QTBIPOC folks in our internal leadership, programs, and resources.
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief - Mutual Aid Disaster Relief is a grassroots disaster relief network based on the principles of solidarity, mutual aid, and autonomous direct action.
Swop Behind Bars - SWOP Behind Bars is a national grassroots social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers, victims of trafficking, and their communities with a focus on those currently incarcerated or seeking re-entry.
Thrive lifeline - THRIVE Lifeline’s mission is to end stigma for people with marginalized identities and close gaps in access to crisis intervention, validation, and resources through whole-human support.
Trans lifeline - Trans Lifeline connects trans people to the community support and resources we need to survive and thrive.